Paul Skenes wants Team USA to 'assert our dominance over everyone else' in WBC after seeing Olympic success

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After seeing what the Americans did in Milan during the Winter Olympics, Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes is hoping Team USA can continue to dominate during the World Baseball Classic (WBC). 

Skenes is on the roster for the WBC, which begins March 5, representing Team USA alongside some of the best in the U.S., like Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh and Tarik Skubal. 

Skenes knows how well the U.S. performed at the Milan Cortina Games, during which it won a record 12 gold medals, including gold medal wins for the men’s and women’s hockey teams over Canada in overtime. 

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Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates during a spring training workout at Pirate City Feb. 12, 2026, in Bradenton, Fla. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Skenes was asked about the momentum the U.S. has right now heading into the WBC.

"Yeah, men’s hockey, women’s hockey, all the golds that we won in the Olympics," he said, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "We’re America. We’ve got to assert our dominance over everyone else. That’s what we do.

"It’s gonna be fun. If USA wins, it’s what we do. Gotta keep it going."

Team USA’s roster will be interesting, though, because Skubal, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner from the Detroit Tigers, will only make one start before returning to spring training with his team. 

Skenes is expected to start multiple times, but there’s a caveat. Team USA must go deep in the tournament before he will pitch again. 

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes stands for the national anthem before a game against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park in Pittsburgh